Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields configured to enable a reduction in width of an end face of the main pole located in a medium facing surface and an increase in cross-sectional area of the main pole in the vicinity of the medium facing surface

Multiple reader stacks disposed in close proximity

Method of making a transducer head

Tunnel magnetoresistance read head with narrow shield-to-shield spacing

Higher stability read head utilizing a partial milling process

Magnetic head manufacturing method forming sensor side wall film by over-etching magnetic shield

Manufacturing method of magnet head able to reduce electrode film for plating

Method of making a transducer head

MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY WITH SYNTHETIC ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STORAGE LAYERS

Method for fabricating synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) device

Differentiated liftoff process for ultra-shallow mask defined narrow trackwidth magnetic sensor

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a return path section

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic sensor using two step ion milling

High bevel angle magnetic writer pole fabrication process

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write pole of a perpendicular magnetic write head using novel mask fabrication

Method to improve performance of a magneto-resistive (MR) sensor

Self-aligned bevels for write poles

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write pole having straight side walls and a well defined track-width

MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD

TMR device with novel free layer structure

Process for fabricating a magnetic pole and shields

Auxiliary tool for assembling voice coil motor

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head including shield layers which surround a MR element

Fabricating method of magnetoresistance sensor

Method of manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element

Process to manufacture a magnetic write head

Write head having recessed magnetic material in gap region

Write head having recessed magnetic material in gap region

Write head having recessed magnetic material in gap region

Method of manufacturing a variable resistance memory device

Method for manufacturing a thermally-assisted magnetic head

Perpendicular magnetic write head having a novel shield structure

Magnetic write head fabrication with integrated electrical lapping guides

Thermally assisted magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Method of manufacturing thermal assisted magnetic write head

Method for manufacturing head including light source unit for thermal assist

PMR head with integrated side shield (ISS)

Method of forming a spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) device

Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head having a leading edge tapered write pole, self aligned side shield and independent trailing shield

Low switching current dual spin filter (DSF) element for STT-RAM and a method for making the same

PMR with improved writability and process controllability by double layer patterning

Method for providing an electronic lapping guide corresponding to a near-field transducer of an energy assisted magnetic recording transducer

Method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducer using a low energy mill

Method for manufacturing a self-aligned bevel for a write pole

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with a bottom side shield

Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive element having a pair of free layers

Method of manufacturing a thermally assisted magnetic head

PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MAGNETIC HEAD, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE

Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic write head

TMR device with novel free layer structure

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a wrap around shield that is magnetically coupled with a leading magnetic shield

Method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor having a flat shield

Method to make a perpendicular magnetic recording head with a side write shield

Magnetic write head manufactured by damascene process producing a tapered write pole with a non-magnetic step and non-magnetic bump

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with shield around main magnetic pole

Magnetoresistance sensors pinned by an etch induced magnetic anisotropy

Magnetic head slider testing method

Method of fabricating a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) reader

Method for manufacturing an extraordinary magnetoresistive (EMR) device with novel lead structure

Method of forming magnetic layer pattern, and method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields

Method for providing a magnetic recording transducer

Method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element

Method for forming a magnetic writer

Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields

Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with notched trailing shield

Integrated transformer

Method for fabricating a magnetic head having selectively defined reader gap thicknesses

Apparatus for forming magnetic recording heads

Method of fabricating a magnetoresistive (MR) element having a continuous flux guide defined by the free layer

Method for manufacturing a slider for a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Methods for creating slanted perpendicular magnetic pole via metal liftoff

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a hard mask defined write pole trailing edge step

Method of manufacturing a magnetic recording head

Method of lapping a magnetic head slider

Method of forming a pole tip region in a main pole layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head

Process for manufacturing a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device

PERPENDICULAR WRITE HEAD HAVING A STEPPED FLARE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head

Thin-film magnetic head having remnant coating and remnant insulating film, head gimbal assembly and hard disk drive

Methods of making magnetic write heads with use of a resist channel shrinking solution having corrosion inhibitors

Perpendicular write head having a stepped flare structure and method of manufacture thereof

Method for manufacturing thin film magnetic heads

Current confining layer for GMR device

Method for fabricating narrow magnetic read width TMR/CPP sensors

Method for confining sense current of a read transducer to an air-bearing surface(ABS) side of a free layer

Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Auxiliary fixture for debonding sliders and method for manufacturing sliders using the same

Method of manufacturing magnetic head having a patterned pole layer and method of forming a patterned layer

Method of making a write head lapping guide about aligned to a non-magnetic layer surrounding a write pole

Manufacturing method of heat-assisted magnetic head constituted of slider and light source unit

Thin seeded Co/Ni multilayer film with perpendicular anisotropy for spintronic device applications

Additive write pole process for wrap around shield

Low switching current dual spin filter (DSF) element for STT-RAM and a method for making the same

Method for providing at least one magnetoresistive device

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

METHOD OF PRODUCING HEAD SLIDER

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

Perpendicular write head with tapered main pole

Process to manufacture a magnetic write head

Perpendicular write head with tapered main pole

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write pole having a large bevel angle

Method of forming a high performance tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) element

Method of manufacturing a thermally assisted magnetic head

TMR device with surfactant layer on top of CoFeB/CoFeinner pinned layer

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method for making a scissoring-type current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor

Magnetic write pole fabrication

Methods for fabricating perpendicular recording heads with controlled separation regions

Fabricating magnetic read heads with a reduced scratch exposure region

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head

Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head with wrap around magnetic trailing and side shields

Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head

Magnetic head slider manufacturing method

Method of manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method for defining a perpendicular magnetic head

Method to make PMR head with integrated side shield (ISS)

Method of fabricating a magnetic head

Method for manufacturing storage medium

Method for manufacturing a thin closure magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a magneto-resistive device

Integrated transformer

Method to control mask profile for read sensor definition

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head

PMR with improved writability and process controllability by double layer patterning

Method to make a perpendicular magnetic recording head with a bottom side shield

Method for protecting against corrosion in a GMR sensor by providing a protective coating over an end of a copper layer spaced apart from a detection surface by a specified dimension

Stitched wrap around shield fabrication for perpendicular magnetic recording write heads

Extraordinary magnetoresistive (EMR) device with novel lead structure

Masking material for dry etching

Method for redefining the trailing shield throat height in a perpendicular magnetic recording write head

Fabricating a write head with multiple electronic lapping guides

Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head having a wrap-around trailing shield and a concave trailing edge main pole

Recording and/or Playback Device Comprising Multiple Magnetic Heads With Azimuth Gaps

ESD, cross talk and noise minimizing resistive/capacitative shunt for CPP and TMR devices

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head structure

Additive gap process to define trailing and side shield gap for a perpendicular write head

Perpendicular write head having a stepped flare structure and method of manufacture thereof

Magnetic head slider testing apparatus and magnetic head slider testing method

Method of manufacturing magnetic head and method of manufacturing magnetic head substructure

AP1 layer for TMR device

Process of making an improved AP1 layer for a TMR device

Methods of fabricating magnetoresistance sensors pinned by an etch induced magnetic anisotropy

Method of manufacturing magnetic head, and magnetic head substructure

Method of forming a magnetic read/write head

MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR

READ HEAD HAVING SHAPED READ SENSOR-BIASING LAYER JUNCTIONS USING PARTIAL MILLING

METHODS FOR FABRICATING A MAGNETIC SENSOR HEAD USING A CMP DEFINED HARD BIAS AND A TOTALLY FLAT READER GAP

Method of manufacturing a wrap around shield for a perpendicular write pole using a laminated mask with an endpoint detection layer

Method FPR manufacturing a magnetic write head

Optical lapping guide for use in the manufacture of perpendicular magnetic write heads

Method for fabricating magnetic write pole for a magnetic head using an E-beam resist mask

Methods for the manufacture of notched trailing shields

Use of anti-reflective seed layers for the fabrication of perpendicular thin film heads

Use of metal capped seed layers for the fabrication of perpendicular thin film heads

Method of manufacturing a magnetic write head mold for neck height equalization

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head having a lower magnetic pole projection projecting toward an upper magnetic pole

Hafnium doped cap and free layer for MRAM device

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head slider

Method for constructing a magnetic write pole for a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Process to manufacture a CPP GMR read head

Method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor having a novel junction structure for improved track width definition and pinned layer stability

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Fabrication process for magneto-resistive effect devices of the CPP structure

Pedestals for use as part of magnetic read heads

Method of using xenon ion beams to improve track width definition

Process to manufacture CPP GMR read head

Process to manufacture magnetic tunnel junction read head

Perpendicular pole structure and method of fabricating the same

CPP read sensor having constrained current paths made of lithographically-defined conductive vias with surrounding oxidized metal sublayers and method of making same

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Methods of forming magnetic memory devices including ferromagnetic spacers

Ergonomic handle for push tools

METHODS OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC HEADS WITH REFERENCE AND MONITORING DEVICES

Method of manufacturing pre-sliders for read write heads by annealing to saturation

Method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element

Method of fabrication for read head having shaped read sensor-biasing layer junctions using partial milling

Magnetic head having a hexagonal write pole tip

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head

Apparatus for providing a reverse air bearing surface head with trailing shield design for perpendicular recording

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic data recording

Method of distortion correction in shrink processes for fabrication of write poles

Method for preventing TMR MRR drop of a slider

Method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor having improved antiparallel tab free layer biasing

Manufacturing method of magnetoresistive effect element

Methods of fabricating single-pole recording head having trapezoidal main pole and bevel angle promotion layer

Magnetic head having a patterned pole layer

Manufacturing method of magnetoresistive effect element

Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field

Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field

CPP GMR read head with minimum shunting loss

Method for manufacturing a self-aligned, notched trailing shield for perpendicular recording

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a trailing shield with an accurately controlled trailing shield gap thickness

Method of fabricating a magnetic sensor on a wafer

Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording write head with notched trailing shield

Magnetic devices having magnetic features with CMP stop layers

Method of fabrication of magnetic head having annealed embedded read sensor

Structure and method for reduced corrosion of auxiliary poles during the fabrication of perpendicular write heads

Tapered write pole for reduced skew effect

Method of making a perpendicular magnetic recording write head with notched trailing shield

Method of manufacturing a wrap around shield for a perpendicular write pole using a laminated mask

Method for making a perpendicular magnetic recording write head

Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element

Magnetoresistive (MR) element having a continuous flux guide defined by the free layer

Method of fabricating a GMR head

Slider with micro-texture and method for forming the same

Method for forming a pattern film with a narrower width

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head having an element having a lower layer with a narrower width

Method for fabricating a magnetic head using a ferrofluid mask

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method for forming a resist pattern of magnetic device by etching with a gas cluster ion beam

Method of manufacturing a magneto-resistive device

Magnetic device, perpendicular magnetic recording head, magnetic recording system, method of forming magnetic layer pattern, and method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method to form a current confining path of a CPP GMR device

Manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head

Method of fabricating a head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a self-aligning side shield structure

Method of fabricating a magnetic head

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with a side write shield

Method of manufacturing slider

Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head having lower shield layer embedded in insulating

Thin film magnetic head

Main pole forming method of perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head with a magnetoresistive effect element

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head with integration of a small flash field, zero bias, and non-reactive ion milling for pole tip uniformity

Masking material for dry etching

Method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head

Method for controlling overcoat recession in a magnetic thin film head

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head with flux shaping layer

Magnetic head having selectively defined reader gap thicknesses

Method for making a magnetic head having a non-GMR shunt

Method of manufacturing a spin-valve giant magnetoresistive head

MR read head with first and second gap layers

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of highly precisely defining gap distance

Method for fabricating a magnetic head having a sensor stack and two lateral stack

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Method for fabricating a magnetic head

Method of fabricating a thin film magnetic sensor on a wafer

Method for manufacturing a slider using electromagnetic wave

Narrow track CPP head with bias cancellation

Process to manufacture narrow track CPP head with bias cancellation

Method of manufacturing a self aligned magnetoresistive sensor

Deposition defined trackwidth for very narrow trackwidth CPP device

Method for making magnetic write head

Process of manufacturing a TMR device

Method of bonding metal ball for magnetic head assembly

Thin-film magnetic head having a covered insulating layer

Method of manufacturing a magnetic slider head

Method of forming magnetoresistive junctions in manufacturing MRAM cells

Servo systems, servo heads, servo patterns for data storage especially for reading, writing, and recording in magnetic recording tape

Methods for recording servo information

Method for forming a write head having an air bearing surface (ABS)

Method for enhancing thermal stability, improving biasing and reducing damage from electrostatic discharge in self-pinned abutted junction heads

Servo systems, servo heads, servo patterns for data storage especially for reading, writing, and recording in magnetic recording tape

Thin film magnetic head wafer with identification information

Fabrication method for thin film magnetic heads

Methods for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices

Method to form a cavity having inner walls of varying slope

Manufacturing method of a magnetic sensor

Magnetic sensor and manufacturing method therefor

Manufacturing method of a magnetic sensor

Magnetic writing pole and a perpendicular writing element

Method for manufacturing P3 layer of a perpendicular magnetic write head

Method to planarize perpendicular write poles using a combination of CMP and reactive ion milling

Process for fabricating a magnetic recording head with a laminated write gap

Manufacturable CMP assisted liftoff process to fabricate write pole for perpendicular recording heads

Head design with low coefficient of thermal expansion insert layer

Method for fabricating improved sensor for a magnetic head utilizing reactive ion milling process

Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic pinning layer

Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in hard magnetic bias layers

Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic in-stack bias layer

Method to improve crown sigma control of the slider in a hard disk drive

Method to improve ability to perform CMP-assisted liftoff for trackwidth definition

Method for protecting a slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor from noise and ESD damage

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus including the same

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording that has a pole layer having a shape for easy forming, reducing track width and improved writing characteristics

Method for making a magnetoresistive read head having a pinned layer width greater than the free layer stripe height

Chip resistor

Method of making current-perpendicular-to-the-plane structure magnetoresistive element

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a silicon slider by an alkaline etch

Structure/method to form bottom spin valves for ultra-high density

High milling resistance write pole fabrication method for perpendicular recording

Method of manufacturing magnetic head

Thin-film magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method to control mask profile for read sensor definition

Exchange bias structure for abutted junction GMR sensor

Structure/method to form bottom spin valves for ultra-high density

Magnetoresistive sensor having a novel junction structure for improved track width definition and pinned layer stability